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2012 AMCC Academic All-Conference, Chi Alpha Sigma Announced

PITTSBURGH, PA – The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) is proud to celebrate the academic achievement of more than 640 student-athletes who participate in AMCC championship-sponsored sports teams during the 2011-2012 academic year. Hilbert College recognizes 56 student-athletes, who have earned Academic All-Conference Honors by carrying a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher entering the spring 2012 semester.

Mount Aloysius College was honored with the 2012 Peak Performance Award. This inaugural award is given to the AMCC institution with the highest percentage of student-athletes being named to the Academic All-Conference Team.

The following is a list of the Hilbert College Academic All-Conference team members (home town, high school) and sport(s) they competed in:

The AMCC consists of 10 institutions from across New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio who sponsor 14 different men’s and women’s athletics programs competing for an automatic qualifier to the NCAA championships.

In addition, on Thursday, May 2, at the Hilbert College Athletic Awards Reception, the Chi Alpha Sigma’s 2012 New York Theta Chapter will be formally introduced. The National College Athlete Honor Society recognizes junior and senior student-athletes who carry a grade point average of 3.4 or higher. Second-year members are Michael Maritato, Jill Martucci, and Matt Militello. These three seniors will be joined by first year inductees: Nicole Blair, Michael Cavanagh (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) lacrosse; Stephen Crane, Maria DelMonaco, Amber Grosch, Allison Hall, James Knapp, Rachel Kwiatkowski, Jessica Morey, Katie Newton, Kayla Norman, Katherine Pettis, Emili Ripley, and Stephanie Smith.

The Athletic Awards Reception will be held in the Swan Auditorium with the program beginning at 6:30 pm.

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.